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brother’s wealth. Then he regretted that he had
brought all the pancakes with him, so he threw them
away into the ditch. At last he came to his brother’s
house, and his brother showed him first one of the
coffers full of money and then the other. Then envy
seized upon the rich brother, and he grew quite green
in the face. But his brother said to him: “ Look
now! I have buried a lot more money in a water-skin,
hard by the river; you may dig it up and keep it if
you like, for I have lots of my own here!” The rich
brother did not wait to be told twice. Off he went to
the river,and began digging up the water-skin straight-
way. He unfastened it with greedy, trembling hands ;
but he had no sooner opened it than the Unlucky
Days all popped out and clung on to him : “ Thou art
ours!” said they. He went home, and when he got
there he found that all his wealth was consumed, and
a heap of ashes stood where his house had been. So
he went and lived in the same place that his brother
had lived, and the Unlucky Days lived with him ever
afterwards.